Chad Haga Explained
| Chad Haga |
| Fullname: | Chad Haga |
| Nickname: | Hagasaki[1] |
| Birth Date: | 26 August 1988 |
| Birth Place: | McKinney, Texas |
| Height: | 1.91 m |
| Weight: | 71.50NaN0 |
| Currentteam: | Pas Racing Gravel Team |
| Role: | Rider |
| Amateuryears1: | 2006–2010 |
| Amateurteam1: | Texas A&M University Cycling Team |
| Amateuryears2: | 2009–2011 |
| Amateurteam2: | Team Brain and Spine Cycling |
| Amateuryears3: | 2010 |
| Amateurteam3: | Super Squadra |
| Amateuryears4: | 2011 |
| Amateurteam4: | Rio Grande Cycling |
| Amateuryears5: | 2024– |
| Amateurteam5: | Pas Racing Gravel Team |
| Proyears1: | 2011–2013 |
| Proyears2: | 2014–2021 |
| Proteam2: | [2] [3] |
| Proyears3: | 2022–2023 |
| Majorwins: | Grand Tours Giro d'Italia
1 individual stage (2019)
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Chad Haga (;[1] born August 26, 1988) is an American professional road and gravel racing cyclist, who currently rides for the Pas Racing Gravel Team.[4]
Career
He was born in McKinney, Texas[5] and attended Texas A&M University where he earned his Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering in 2010.[5] While there he raced collegiately with the Texas A&M Cycling Team and as an amateur with Team Brain and Spine Cycling and Super Squadra. After Graduation he joined the Rio Grande Cycling squad. He began racing professionally in 2011 after joining,[6] before joining in 2014.[7]
On January 23, 2016, while training in Caple, Spain, Haga was one of the six members of the hit by a motorist who drove into on-coming traffic. All riders were in stable condition.[8]
Haga started the 2018 season by racing the Tour Down Under. In July 2018, he was named in the start list for the Tour de France.[9] He won the final individual time trial stage of the 2019 Giro d'Italia, his first victory in a Grand Tour.
After eight seasons with and its precursors, Haga rejoined his first professional team, renamed as, for the 2022 season.[10] [11]
Major results
- 2011
1st Prologue Mount Hood Classic
3rd Overall Tour of Elk Grove
- 2012
1st Prologue Cascade Cycling Classic
4th Copperas Cove Classic
- 2013
1st Overall Joe Martin Stage Race
1st Prologue Tour of Elk Grove
2nd Overall Volta ao Alentejo
2nd Overall Redlands Bicycle Classic
1st Stage 1
3rd USA Cycling National Racing Calendar
3rd Overall McLane Pacific Classic
3rd Overall Cascade Cycling Classic
5th Time trial, National Road Championships
10th Overall Tour of California
- 2017
1st Mount Evans Hill Climb
- 2018
2nd Team time trial, UCI Road World Championships
2nd Time trial, National Road Championships
- 2019
1st Stage 21 (ITT) Giro d'Italia
- 2020
5th Overall Czech Cycling Tour
6th Overall Okolo Slovenska
- 2021
2nd Time trial, National Road Championships
- 2024
2nd Unbound Gravel 200
3rd The Traka 360Grand Tour general classification results timeline
Legend| — | Did not compete |
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External links
Notes and References
- Web site: Interviews - PezCycling News.
- News: Team Sunweb confirm 2019 men's and women's rosters. Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. November 23, 2018. January 5, 2019.
- Web site: Team Sunweb. UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. January 3, 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200103143329/https://www.uci.org/road/teams/TeamDetail/13995/1000596/260. January 3, 2020.
- Web site: HUMAN POWERED HEALTH . UCI . 4 February 2022.
- Web site: Optum's Chad Haga aims for top time trialing spot in the U.S. - VeloNews.com. February 28, 2013.
- Web site: Haga postpones engineering career to pursue pro cycling dreams - Cyclingnews.com.
- News: Neal. Rogers. The aftermath: Giant's Chad Haga keeping spirits high after horrific collision. CyclingTips. February 7, 2016. December 26, 2021. After three seasons with Optum-Kelly Benefit Strategies, where he was one of the top riders in North America, he'd joined Giant-Alpecin in 2014..
- Web site: Irish Independent. John Degenkolb and Warren Barguil among six Giant-Alpecin cyclists hospitalised after being hit by a car. January 23, 2016.
- Web site: 2018: 105th Tour de France: Start List . July 5, 2017 . Pro Cycling Stats.
- News: Kirsten. Frattini. Chad Haga returns to roots with Rally Cycling. Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. November 4, 2021. December 26, 2021.
- News: Kirsten. Frattini. Rally Cycling to become Human Powered Health. Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. November 9, 2021. December 26, 2021.
